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In this episode, we explore NASA’s Artemis II – the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years. Launched on April 1, 2026, aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft Integrity, the four-person crew (Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency) completed a daring lunar flyby on April 6th. The highlight? A textbook “slingshot move” – the Moon’s gravity assist on a free-return trajectory – that naturally bent their path and hurled them back toward Earth with almost no extra engine burns. We unpack the elegant physics behind it, why it’s a brilliant safety feature, and the delicious irony: despite smartphones in our pockets and computers that laugh at 1960s tech, the mission’s core trajectory, capsule shape, and splashdown look remarkably like Apollo 8 (1968). Physics hasn’t changed one bit – and that’s the beautiful part. Perfect for space enthusiasts who love the “how” behind the “wow.” PEOPLE > STUFF, propertypickersestatesales.com [http://propertypickersestatesales.com] flisterjames@gmail.com
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